Tahiti

Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 140 mi northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the center of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point at 2,385 ft. The island was first inhabited by Polynesian settlers around the 4th century. James Cook sighted the island in 1790 and landed in 1790. Today the island is mainly dependent on tourism.